Benoît Tremblay
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Benoît Tremblay was a Canadian politician and a member of the House of Commons from 1988 to 1997.
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[edit] Background
Tremblay was born on 16 March 1948 in Val-Brillant, Quebec. He had a career in Economics and Administration.
[edit] Municipal Politics
He successfully ran as a candidate of Jean Doré's Rassemblement des citoyens et citoyennes de Montréal (RCM) for the district of Sault-au-Récollet in November 1986.
Tremblay resigned from the City Council on December 12, 1988, after he won a seat to the Canadian House of Commons.
[edit] Federal Politics
He had been elected as a Progressive Conservative candidate in the district of Rosemont.
Following the 1990 implosion of the Meech Lake Accord, he left the Progressive Conservative party on 26 June 1990. He sat in Parliament as an Independent member and eventually became one of the first members to join the Bloc Québécois party. He was re-elected in the 1993 under his new party banner.
After serving in the 34th and 35th Canadian Parliaments, Tremblay left Canadian politics as he did not seek a third term in the House of Commons.
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| Preceded by Fernand Joubert (Parti Civique) |
City Councillor, District of Sault-au-Récollet (#18) 1986-1988 |
Succeeded by Serge Sauvageau (Parti Civique) |
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| Preceded by Suzanne Blais-Grenier |
Member of Parliament for Rosemont 1988–1997 |
Succeeded by Bernard Bigras |
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